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(Grasshoppers Content To Remain In Field Mt. Vernon, Ind., Aug. 9—(U.R) — The phalanx of grasshoppers near the f’o ey-Vanderbtirg ounty line | showed a disposition of eontent- | nr'iit today, and remained within a 7d-a< re field infested earlier, bringing complete destruction there. Ragweeds in uncultivated tracts were included i nthe diet chosen by the famished insects. Farmers have abandoned efforts to destroy the pests by poison, since all attempts have failed due to lack of moisture. a BERNE MAN IS ■ MISHAP VICTIM Emil Aeschliman, WellKnown Citizen Dies Following Accident Emil “(’hick” Aeschliman, 42, prominent Berne restaurant owner and well-known Democratic leader of southern Adams county, died at the Wells County hospital Fri day afternoon at 5 o'clock, an hour after he was injured in an automobile accident near Uniondale. Aeschliman was driving a truck, delivering soft drinks, and the truck collided with an automobile driven by John Bender, of near Uniondale at a crossroads near the Wells county town. Bender stated that he saw the truck approaching. but thought he could get across the corner before the truck arrived. A corn field obstructs the view at the cross roads and n°ither driver saw the other until the tragedy j was unavoidable. Two other young men were riding with young Bender at the time of the accident, but all three escaped serious injury. Both automobiles were badly damaged. Aeschliman was thrown from his truck. He was hurried to the Wells county hospital at Bluffton and three physicians were summoned. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

EYE WITNESSES TO BE CALLED Several Who Saw Zuta Murder in Wisconsin Are Subpoenaed Chicago, Aug. 9. —(U.R) —Authorities were prepared today to issue subpoenas for several mysteriously missing witnesses who saw Jack Zuta, Chicago gang leader, shot to death in a dance hall near Delafield, Wis. District Attorney Herman Salen of Waukesha county, Wis., revealed that three witnesses of the slaying were missing when he obtained murder warrants in Oconomowoc yesterday charging “John Doe" and “Richard Roe” with the slaying of Zuta. The warrants automatically empower the district attorney to issue the subpoenas. Among the witnesses who might be able to identify Zuta’s slayers, it was said, were Inez Fehrmann, a hotel maid, and John and David Neuman, students at St. John's (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Quarrel Is Fatal Eaton, Ind., Aug. 9 —(UP) — A quarrel was blamed for the suicide by shooting of David Courtney, 56, who killed himself shortly after threatening to do so if his daughter, Florence, left to keep an engagement with a young man. Florence had just stepped out of the house when the shots were fired. — —— Will Elect Delegates Delegates to the state convention of the American Legion to be held this year at Fort Wayne, will be elected at the Monday night meeting of Adams post of the Legion. The meeting will start at 8 o’clock daylight saving time. It also is understood that the local post will have a candidate this year for a state office, and it is highly probable that an endorse--1 ment will be made at the Monday night meeting. Business concerning the approaching Street Fair, sponsored by the Legion will be discussed and important committees will be named. Members are asked to attend.

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MANY AUTOS NEED REPAIR Safety Lane Passes 64 of 271 On First Tests Friday A total of 271 automobiles passed through Safety Lane on Liberty Way Friday and were given the free safety tests, sponsored by Decatur garage men. The free tests were given again today and another large number of cars passed through the stalls where the tests were made for steering wheel, lights, wheel alignment and brakes. Os the cars tested yesterday 64 passed through O. K. without any adjustments. The balance of the cars were unable to pass the tests. Equipment men, state and local police assisted in giving the tests and motorists were glad to avail themselves of the free tests of equipment, which mean for safety in the driving of automobiles. Mayor George Krick and local garage men invite the public to visit Safety Lane today and have the cars tested free. No tests are made of the motor, etc., the inspection being for lights, steering wheel, brakes and alignment. FASHION THEFT IS UNCOVERED Exclusive Designs Are Stolen And Reproduced, Report Paris, Aug. 9 —(U.R) —A “bootleg” fashion house which employed high-salaried, quick-witted artists to appropriate the choicest designs of some of the best known 'fashion creators in Paris was believed uncovered by police today. Commencing with the arrest of two women who were said to have admitted they sketched the exclusive designs of the great French masters of dressmaking, the police continued a round of visits to apartments they suspected of being engaged in the unautorized fashion exploitation. Many Frenchmen, some of them of noble birth, were busy assembling the illegal sketches for shipment to New York when the police entered, officials charged. Some of the women were artists who had slipped into style showings representing themselves as news writes, and who had memorized the costumes to be sketched afterwards for eight cents to a dollar each. The artists in such illegal establishments, the police said, must be women of intelligence and careful regard to detail. Their task is most difficult, since they must memorize perfectly each costume as the mannikin wearing it passes by at an average pace, allowing a view of her for usually less than one minute. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Robbers Kill Man; Get $12,000 Cash — Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 9. — (U.R) — An intensive search was begun in cities along the Ohio river today for three bandits who killed John Conrath, 77, wealthy farmer, near Lowell, last night, after robbing him of between $12,000 and $20,000. Conrath, who lived with his brother, Henry, 70, in Cat Creek three miles north of Lowell, was preparing to retire when the lobbers entered. They were masked and each brandished aplstol. Henry Conrath was trussed and thrown into aclothes closet. When he released himself a half hour later, he found his brother d; ad, his face and head beaten in. o SEVEN DIE IN MINE GAVE-IN Sixteen Injured Reported To Be Recovering From Injuries Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 9—(U.R)—Sateen men injured by a fall of rock which killed seven other workers in the Gilbert mine of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. near here late yesterday, were recovering today 'while company officials investigated the cause of the accident. A crew of 23 men were laying new rails in a slope 1900 feet under ground, preparing for reopening of tlie mine, which had been closed since last May, when top rock in the tunnel became loose. Tons of rock and ceiling timber fell on the men. Miners from nearby colleries were rushed to the ( Gilbert mine and the first of the entombed men was reached one hour after the accident. The injured men escaped will: only cuts and bruises. Three of the rescued, however, were under observation today for possible internal injuries. Mine officials today said the colliery was inspected yesterday and found safe. The men were just completing their day’s work when the accident occurred and had less than 25 feet of rail to lay. — o Sentenced To Death New Castle, Pa., Aug. 9. —(U.R) — Mrs. Irene Schroeder and W. Glen Dague were sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of Corporal Brady Paul, state highway policeman, and their petitions for new trials wert 9 refused by Judge R. L. Hildebrand today. o Man’s Condition Is Reported Unchanged / — — Jacob Fry, Defiance, Ohio man who was painfully injured here yesterday when a conveyor filled with stone fell on his left foot, was reported to be about the same today. He is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, where he was following the accident. ‘

FLIERS NEAR • NEW RECORD Jackson-O’Brien Are Less Than 100 Hours From World Mark * St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 9 —(UP) —A new record within their grasp Forest O'Brien and Dale Jackson, piloted their endurance monoplane, “Greater St. Louis,” cautiously above Lambert Municipal flying field today. At 7:11 A. M. (C. S. T.) the former holders of the endurance title passed their 456th hour in the air in their attempt to shatter the Hunter Brothers record of 553 hours. Anxiety was caused at the field ■ late yesterday when a flooded cylinder resulted in a smdll fire aboard the refueling plane “Patsy Ann”. o Lindberghs Make Flight Hicksville, N. Y., Aug. 9 —(UP) Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh left the Aviation country club here at 10:50 A. M. Today for the estate of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow at North Haven, Me., their son, Charles Jr., was not with them. They flew in a Bird biplane. BRITISH GUARD IS REINFORCED Fear of Outbreak in India Causes Order For More Troops Peshawar, India, Aug. 9.—(U.R) — Reinforced British troops guarded Peshawar today against tlie continued threat of Afridi tribesmen to advance and attack the city. Royal air force planes maintained their bombing raids, flying high over the so-called tribal territory, a few miles from Peshawar, to harass the frontier's unconquered warriors before they were able to summon neighboring tribes to their aid. Slight Afridi casualties were reported after an advance guard of British troops clashed with the tribesmen near Landi. British citizens living in the Peshawar district were under strict orders from the military leaders of the frontier region to keep themselves close to the guarded places. The Afridi were advancing slowly and cautiously, but groups of them were reported at the villages of Sheikh Mohi and Surozai, the latter only a few miles south of Peshawar. As military reinforcements continued to arrive here, the Britisli officers transformed the already well guarded frontier outpost into war-like scenes. Redoubts were built, topped with sandbags, while barbed wire entanglements sprang up in a few hours about the most strategic centers, and powerful searchlights were trained on the places believed more advantageous from the tribesmen’s point of view.

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ESTIMATE OF CROPISMADE Adams County Farmers Should Receive Over Quarter Million Estimating that Adams county's corn crap is 8 per cent of normal this year, County Agent L. E. Archbold today figured that the crop yield would be between 375,000 and 400.000 bushels. These figures were based on the county's average production of corn for the five years ending January 1, 1925, a.s compiled by the government. For the five year period the average production In this dounty was about 472,431 bushels a year, Mr. Archbold stated. Figures for tills year’s acreage are not available, but the county agent stated that tlie acreage did not vary much from year to year. At sl.lO per hundred pounds, the market price of today, tlie corn crop is estimated to be worth about $250,000, based on the average figures for five years'. It in thought that a few more acres of corn were planted this year, but the exact figures cannot be obtained. The recent rains have helped the crop very much. Although the crop is below the average normal yield the increase in the price will make up for some of the loss. The corn crop is the largest farm crop in Adams county. o To Abandon Service Indianapolis, Aug. 9 —(U.R) —The Indiana Public Service Commission yesterday granted the former Union Traction company, now the Indiana Railroads, an Ineull organization, authorization to discontinue service on three central and northern Indiana lines. Those to be discontinued upon 30-day notice ere the MarionWabash, Muncie-Portland and Ko-komo-Logansport lines. o CROP DAMAGE IS INCREASED Little Hope Expressed For Relief in MidWestern States Chicago, Aug. 9. — (U.R) — Crop damage, already estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars, continued to mount and sweltering Americans kept on suffering today from one of the most severe heat waves of the century. Lake breezes brought some relief to Chicago, and rains brought temporary comfort from both heat and drought in scattered areas, but in general the situation remained critical. < Temperatures higher than 100 were recorded yesterday in all sections of the country and in Carbondale, 111., an unofficial mark of 111 was reported. The drought situation was relieved somewhat in portions of Minnesota and North Dakota by heavy rains and there were showers in some sections of Ohio and Indiana. A hailstorm at Hudson, Ind., added to the crop loss caused by heat and drought. lowa, the Dakotas, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Maryland. West Virginia and part of Ohio continued to parch and there was little hope of any immediate relief. In Missouri, state superintendent (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Freak Storm Visits Northern Indiana Kendallville, Ind., Aug. 9. —(U.R) —The freakish meandering of a storm which passed over this section yesterday afternoon was related today by U. C. Brouse, president of the Indiana fair board, and secretary of the Kendallville fair. On the Kendallville fair grounds, wherb Brouse had aforce of men burning grass to eliminate fire hazard, anti another group dragging the track, dust was blowing in dense clouds. When the men reached the north side of the track they found it so muddy the float couldn’t be used, and vegetation was drenched, with many puddles around.

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Payroll Bandits Get ■ SIO,OOO At Dayton, O. Dayton, ()., Aug. 9. — (UJI)--Two youthful bandits held up Francis Minlgan, superintendent of the H. R. Blagg Company here shortly before 10 o'clock today and escaped with the payroll totalling between SIO,OOO and $12,000. Minigan with John Wadsworth, another employe, were taking the payroll to company workmen em-ployed-on the new Ohio-Bell Telephone Company building. They had stopped for astrei t traffic light when the bandits pulled up beside the car with drawn revolvers and grabbed the payroll, and escaped. HOOVER STARTS RELIEF TASK President Begins Effort To Render Relief to Drought Area Washington, Aug. 9- (U.R)—President Hoover a.s directing from his Rapidan camp in Virginia today another of the major relief tasks which have signalized his public career. Before leaving yesterday for his week-end retreat after summoning the governors of a dozen droughtstricken states to confer here with him next week, the president ordered the white house office staff to remain on duty so he could be in constant touch with the situation. The executives of the states most seriously affected by the damaging drought of the last six weeks are to come here next Thursday to discuss with the president and his advisers the methods to be employed in assisting farmers whose feeds crops have been virtualy destroyed. , Organization of relief agencies in the states to supply feed for livestock and to help farm families ! whose incomes have vanished under the sun's merciless rays, will be taken up by Mr. Hoover with the governors. With no hopes for early general rains held out by the weather bureau. the farm board and four other governmental agencies proceeded with relief plans already initiated. Reductions in hay rates by railroads are to be approved by the inster-state commerce commission; the army has made available its - services for hauling water; a survey of the drought damage is under way by the agricultural department and the farm loan board and farm board are planning extension of ample credits to farm commun-' 1 ities. More than 1,000,000 farm families, possessing 2,250,000 horses and ■ mules, 6,000,000 cattle and 12,000,000 and sheep live in the “acutely • affected area,” the president said. Talk of famine is unwarranted, the president said in making public a preliminary survey. This showed the dought has mainly affected animal feed, while the bulk of the 1 human food supply is "abundantly ' in hand." ' While Mr. Hoover’s statement indicated a means would be found to provide sustenance for impov1 ished farm families and feed for their livestock, it was believed un- - likely that any federal funds would - be advanced for such purposes ex- ’ cepting through the regular ageni cies and only upon some form of . security (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o BULLETIN Kendallville, Aug. 9—(UP)—Two bandits who escaped with several I thousand dollars from the Farmers State Bank of Stroh, 12 miles north of Kendallville at noon today were t rounded up in a corn field a mile ' west of Ashley, Steuben County at 1:30 p. m. and captured after a gun battle with a posse of several hundred men. One of the bandits giving the ; name of Virgil Myers, Fort Wayne was struck by a bullet and taken ) to Sacred Heart Hospital, Garrett, , Ind., where his condition was not considered serious. His companion said his last name was Bennett and that he also came from Fort Wayne. , Sheriffs E. C. Minnick, La Grange County, Dorsey Folk, Steuben County, and D. C. Armstrong, DeKalb ' County led the posse. 1 The youths had gone about 9 miles when a tire on their car blew ; out. They abandoned the machine 1 and ran down the Wabash railroad 1 tracks pursued by the posse and ' finally took refuge In a corn field. 1 Although out numbered a hundred 1 to one in their excitement, they InA sistod on "shooting it out”, unltil Myers was Injured.

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SHERIFF MAY BE HELD FOR MOB VIOLENCE State Law Says Official in Charge Is Legally Liable OFFICIALS ARE PROBING CASE Indianapolis, Aug. 9 <U R) —Sheriff Jacob Campbell may be held irectly responsible for the double lynching at Marion Thursday night under a 1926 statute disclosed today bv Attorney General James M. Ogden. The statute holds that the fact of lynching is prima facie evidence that tlie officer in charge of the prisoners failed to perform hta duty. It then provides that the attorney general file an. affidavit in court against the sheriff, charging him witli tills failure, and upon being found guilty the offender is removed from office and must pay a SI,OOO fine. The affidavit, however. must be signed by a citizen testifying to the fact of the lynching. Merle Wall and Earl Stroup, deputy attorney general, are in Marion gathering evidence for Ogden. The attorney general refused to say whether he will proceed against Campbell, until he receives their report. “Other evidence may be introduced to counteract the pnma facie evidence of the lynching,” he said. Marion, Ind., Aug. 9 — (U.R) — Peaceful to all outward appearances, but acutely aware of an undercurrent of racial antagonism that it feared might flame into open warfare at any moment, the city of Marion today gave itself into the hands of state troops for safekeeping. Since Thursay night, when a mob stormed the Grant county jail, dragged two negroes into the streets, beat and hanged them, there have been mutterings of rac(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Accident Is Fatal Anderson, Ind., Aug. 9 —(UP) — Collision of a gravel truck and fertilizer truck at a crossroads five miles out of Anderson caused death of Robert Norris, 19, driver of the gravel truck. L. C. Sheeler, 23 driver of the other vehicle, was held under SI,OOO bond pending an Investigation, |4e was uninjured but Cecil Hennis, 20, riding with Norris, suffered cuts and bruises. o To Complete Probe Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 9. —(U.R)—A special investigation of liquor conditions in Lafayette is being brought to a close by O. J. Gettle and George Mayor, department of justice agents, who have been working on conditions here for more than a week. it was understood that the justice department’s inquiry was prompted by a statement by Attorney General James M. Ogden, Indiana, recently, depicting deplorable conditions in an Indiana city which later became generally accepted as being Lafayette. 0 Ml NATURE GOLF COURSE OPEN New 18-Hole Course Ready For Public; Tourney Planned "The Uptown Minature Golf course” located on North Second street will be opened to the public at 7 o'clock tonight it was announced today by the management of the course. The new amusement concern will be open every day and night during the rest of tlie summer and fall The new plant, which is one of the finest in this part of the state, is owned by Bernard Cla/.. Prices at the course will be 15 cents in the mornings; 20 cents in the afternoons and 25 cents in the evenings. The course, is an 18-hole affair, witli plenty of hazzards to make it interesting. Manager Clark stated that plans were now underway for a city tournament in a fe.v weeks.